Botswana: Institutions to Drill Own Boreholes

Mogoditshane — Government has arranged that an underground water survey be conducted in institutions such as schools and camps in order to have a borehole supplying them with water. Speaking during a kgotla meeting in Mogoditshane recently, Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Mr Kitso Mokaila said only boreholes with a high quantity water supply could be used.

He also explained that since the rainfall status kept lowering every year since 2012, they would opt for an artificial recharge method, re-filling the under-earth with water as the boreholes dried-out.

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